Jasper Tsang

Jasper Tsang (17 May 1947-) was President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 8 October 2008 to 30 September 2016, succeeding Rita Fan and preceding Andrew Leung.

Biography
Jasper Tsang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China on 17 May 1947, and he graduated from the University of Hong Kong before working as a teacher at Pui Kiu Middle School. He served as its principal before entering politics during the 1980s, and he founded the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong in 1992. From 1998 to 2016, Tsang served as President of the Legislative Council, and he had a relatively liberal image in the pro-Beijing camp of Hong Konger politics. He retired in 2016.